Showers, thunderstorms in the forecast this weekend

17 April, 2017

Temperatures will warm fast with highs reaching the low 80s in the afternoon! With the words "so far" bring operative.

Saturday: A chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Early Sunday morning the showers and clouds move away (clouds may linger longer in the Upper Valley and North Country). Mostly cloudy tonight with diminishing winds.

Next week, the active weather continues, with several chances for isolated to widely scattered showers and storms on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (Tuesday and Wednesday for Cheyenne and SE Wyoming).

For Monday, the temperature will settle back into the low 60s and another overnight low in the 40 degrees that night into Tuesday morning. South wind 5 to 15 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 24 miles per hour.

View the current weather conditions at The Washington Post. A late day shower or thunderstorm can't be ruled out as a cold front approaches.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8 a.m., then gradual clearing to sunny, high near 64.

Highest temperatures expected are around 14 degrees with moderate westerly breezes still holding firm. Otherwise, you can expect plenty of sunshine, warm south winds and highs into the upper 70s to low 80s. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. A 30 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chances for rain showers increase after noon Saturday and into Saturday evening as a warm front lifts north.

Monday: Partly to mostly sunny. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Rain chances climb for the start of next week. There is a chance for scattered showers and storms south of I-70.

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